Overview

• Prosecutors removed theories related to attempted kidnapping, attempted arson and aiding and abetting sex trafficking from the racketeering conspiracy count to simplify jury instructions.
• Remaining charges against Combs include racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution based on testimony about drug-fueled “freak-offs.”
• Prosecution rested after 29 days and 34 witnesses, including Cassie Ventura and a woman known as Jane, while the defense called no witnesses and Combs elected not to testify.
• Closing arguments took place on June 26 and the court is now finalizing jury instructions on the narrowed racketeering counts before deliberations begin.
• Combs has pleaded not guilty to all counts and remains detained without bail at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, facing a minimum 15-year sentence if convicted.